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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v CHARLES M. CLINE, Defendant-Appellant.

UNPUBLISHED July 10, 1998

No. 196603 St. Clair Circuit Court LC No. 92-002798 FH

Before: Murphy, P.J., and Young, Jr. and M. R. Smith*, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Defendant pleaded guilty to breaking and entering an occupied dwelling, MCL 750.110; MSA 28.305, and to habitual offender, second offense, MCL 769.10; MSA 28.1082, and received an enhanced sentence of 7 to 22-1/2 years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals as of right. We affirm. The trial court did not abuse its sentencing discretion and impose a sentence that violates the principle of proportionality, particularly in light of the leniency shown defendant by the plea agreement, defendant's extensive criminal history and defendant's failure to appear in court on the date upon which sentencing was originally scheduled. People v Cervantes, 448 Mich 620, 626 (Riley, J.), 630 (Cavanagh, J.); 532 NW2d 831 (1995); People v Dixon, 217 Mich App 400, 412; 552 NW2d 663 (1996); People v Duprey, 186 Mich App 313, 318; 463 NW2d 240 (1990). Affirmed. /s/ William B. Murphy /s/ Robert P. Young, Jr. /s/ Michael R. Smith

* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.



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